Born and raised in Chicago Lisa Joyce received her BFA in Acting from the Theater School at DePaul University She received a Joseph Jefferson nomination for her performance in Adam Rapps Red Light Winter which premiered at the Steppenwolf Theater Company before transferring offBroadway and being named a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize Lisa made her West EndBroadway debut in La Bete starring Mark Rylance and David Hyde Pierce and toured nationally alongside Cherry Jones in the Tony Awardwinning production of Doubt Some of her favorite offBroadway credits include Nora Ephron and Delia Ephrons beloved production of Love Loss and What I Wore and Soho Reps The Ugly One for which she earned a Drama Desk nomination Lisa has also appeared in productions at The Public New York Theater Workshop The Signature Classic Stage Company Rattlestick Transport Group StageFARM Williamstown and The Studio Theater in DC where she received a Helen Hayes Award for her role in Blackbird Lisa is a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company